‘We Sternly Warn Australia’: China Erupts

China says raised ‘stern protest’ with Australia after mid-air incident over South China Sea

China has issued a “stern protest” to Australia after a mid-air incident over the weekend involving military planes from the two countries, a spokesman for Beijing’s defence ministry said Wednesday. Australia’s P-8A Poseidon aircraft. File photo: Australia’s Department of Defence. Australia said that its Poseidon surveillance plane was approached by a Chinese fighter jet during a Sunday patrol over the disputed South China Sea. The Chinese jet r…

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The spokesperson said Chinese naval and air forces were deployed to ‘track, monitor, take countermeasures and warn off the aircraft’.

‘We sternly warn Australia’: China erupts

China has blasted Australia after it was accused of unsafe acts against an Aussie plane in the South China Sea.